OPINION: Obama a victim of his own rhetoric

11:09 PM,
Sep. 4, 2013

Written by

ALBERT
R. HUNT

President Barack Obama, though he artfully articulated the need to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, is haunted by his own actions and words, as well as those of the man he succeeded.

With no good options, the president made a persuasive case over the weekend for taking action against the "heinous" crime of chemical warfare, and assured a war-weary nation that any military mission would be "limited in duration and scope."

An immediate response was ruled out, however, as the administration sent Congress a draft resolution authorizing the use of force in Syria, even though that is ...